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  Hubble Eyes the Needle Galaxy: IC 2233, One of the Flattest Galaxies Known

  December 28, 2012 — Like finding a silver needle in the haystack of space, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a beautiful image of the spiral galaxy IC 2233, one of the flattest galaxies ... > full story
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  PhoneSat: Smart, Small and Sassy

  December 28, 2012 — The fast-paced proliferation and popularity of mobile devices here on Earth, like smartphones loaded with powerful operating systems, will find a new niche market- this time in space, thanks to ... > full story
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  Measurements Hint Why the Universe Is Dominated by Matter, Not Anti-Matter

  December 26, 2012 — Physicists have made a precise measurement of elusive, nearly massless particles, and obtained a crucial hint as to why the universe is dominated by matter, not by its close relative, ... > full story
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  NASA Puts Orion Backup Parachutes to the Test

  December 20, 2012 — NASA completed the latest in a series of parachute tests for its Orion spacecraft Thursday at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in southwestern Arizona, marking another step toward a first flight ... > full story
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  Canadian Experiment to Track Space Radiation and Its Risks

  December 20, 2012 — Space can be a potentially hazardous environment to live and work in, especially when it comes to radiation. Originating from violent storms on the Sun and galactic cosmic rays produced in distant ... > full story
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  Armchair Science: Bag and Tag Glowing Galactic Clouds

  December 20, 2012 — A new galactic game launches today that lets citizen scientists identify the glowing clouds where future stars will be born. The online experience, called Clouds, is a new addition to the Milky Way ... > full story
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  Saturn Mission: Cassini Instrument Learns New Tricks

  December 20, 2012 — For seven years, a mini-fridge-sized instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft reliably investigated weather patterns swirling around Saturn; the hydrocarbon composition of the surface of Saturn's ... > full story
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  Clays on Mars: More Plentiful Than Expected

  December 20, 2012 — A new study indicates that clay minerals, rocks that usually form when water is present for long periods of time, cover a larger portion of Mars than previously ... > full story
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  Meteorite Triggered Scientific 'Gold Rush'

  December 20, 2012 — A meteorite that exploded as a fireball over California's Sierra foothills this past spring was among the fastest, rarest meteorites known to have hit the Earth, and it traveled a highly eccentric ... > full story

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  Astronomy: Stars Reveal the Secret of Aging Well

  December 19, 2012 — Some people are in great shape at the age of 90, while others are decrepit before they're 50. We know that how fast people age is only loosely linked to how old they actually are -- and may have more ... > full story

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